Data and Station Information for OOSTENDE

Station Information

Station ID:	413
Latitude:	51.233333
Longitude:	2.916667
Coastline code:	160
Station code:	21
Country:	BELGIUM
Time span of data:	1937 – 2023
Completeness (%):	94
Date of last update:	26 Jan 2024

Green Arrow:	Current Station
Yellow Marker:	Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker:	Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at OOSTENDE.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at OOSTENDE.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution. NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: OOST, OSTE
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: oste, oste1

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 2000-02-25

Oostende 160/021 RLR(1974) is 11.4m below BM DH4-II

Documentation added 2011-09-05

There seems to have been some confusion regarding the RLR factor for Ostend following the introduction of the TAW datum in 1981. Previously RLR factor 4.730m was added to the data. From the correspondence file this now appears in error, from 1981 data onwards the RLR factor has been reset to 4.733m, the data have been adjusted.

Documentation added 2012-07-19

While preparing the 2010 data values for entry it was noticed that on occasion the non Doodson filtered data values had been entered for 2008/9. These values were replaced with the Doodson filtered values.

Data Authority

Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services
Flemish Hydrography
Vrijhavenstraat 3
8400 Oostende

Documentation added 2008-12-10

This authority was formerly called
Afdeling Waterwegen Kust.

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

OOSTENDE